Pennsylvania has no statewide dark-sky law for private property, and Monroe County cannot make one. Any shielded-lighting or glare requirement comes from a township or borough zoning ordinance, and POA architectural rules add limits inside gated Pocono communities.
No Pennsylvania statute requires dark-sky or full-cutoff lighting on private homes and businesses, and Monroe County has no ordinance power to impose one. Where lighting rules exist they come from a township or borough zoning or site-plan ordinance adopted under the Municipalities Planning Code. Given the dark Pocono night sky, several Monroe County municipalities require shielded, downward-directed, full-cutoff fixtures for new commercial and multifamily development, cap pole heights, and limit glare at property lines. Inside gated communities such as A Pocono Country Place and Emerald Lakes, POA architectural rules commonly restrict floodlights and fixture types beyond what the township requires. Standards are set locally, and enforcement runs through the municipal zoning officer, never the county.
There is no county or state dark-sky citation for private property. A township or borough enforces its own lighting standards through the zoning officer, usually as a site-plan condition, requiring a noncompliant fixture to be reshielded, lowered, or replaced.
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